The co-hosts kept the mood playful in Sin City - handing the sling over to Lady Antebellum's Hillary Scott, who just announced she is expecting her first child - while Luke Bryan took nine awards, the most of the evening.

Other big winners at the live show from Mandalay Bay Events Center included Miranda Lambert with three awards including Female Single of the Year for Over You. She thanked husband Blake Shelton for co-writing the song, and she said she's Tivo-ing him on The Voice and hoped he was also Tivo-ing her as they were featured in competing television time slots Monday night.

"Honey, we won an award and I'm really excited," she shouted out to him via television. "Fans, thank you so much."

Carrie Underwood set a record by receiving her 11th ACA during the show's three-year history. This year, Underwood took home the award for female artist of the year.

"It's fan-voted, so it really means a lot," she said of the American Country Awards, the only country music awards show that allows fans to vote for their favorite artists in various categories. "I already know I have awesome fans, but when they do something like this for me, it's really awesome."

Underwood also alluded to the hockey lockout as holiday time is coming up with family and husband Mike Fisher.

"We can actually plan something now," she said.

Crowd-pleasing live performances included Little Big Town's confetti-swirled performance of Tornado and Adkins on stage with Lynyrd Skynyrd for the band's hit What's Your Name. It had many of the stars on their feet, including Jason Aldean, who had just accepted his award for top touring act, and Keith Urban, who flashed the rock hand signal to the stage.